hey worthless its me again..........no you did'nt hit a nerve,i just don't like people ,like you,who just can't believe that the driving methods that are taught actually work.....this time you did'nt coment on the post i made on my peak days!!!!!!! you told me how easy you're route is... is it really hard to believe that my 70 to 90 stops per hour is unatainable with helpers???? just as i have never done a rural route,i am thinking you may have never have done a city route...these are two different worlds....you do the miles i do the stops....circle of honor,congrats,i'm also 3 and 1/2 years from that goal myself(i've never had a accident)DFU'S i'm one of the best in the DISTRICT not just my building......pulled in the office just 2 times,once to be made an example out of(the center manager told me he wanted the other drivers to know he pulls in ever good drivers to his office) attendance i have never been late either....call offs,thats the only way we get days off around here....our routes are completly different,you don't have to deal with heavy city traffic,we get hit while parked,broken mirrors, crap thrown at our trucks etc.....its hard to avoid the accidents every day...but you have the many miles driven in good and bad weather,that too is hazardous...that being said,i guess we don't have any idea of each of our routes +'s and -'s each day....we should have a post CITY VS RURAL how different are they? do we share the same pressures,which is better getting home early in the city or staying out late in the rural areas....we get paid the same,but really how different are we???????again i did'nt mean to sound so mean,but we really can get that much off at peak....until we've walked in each others route we do'nt know much....good luck on the beach next year...you earned it !!!!